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"Greg Monroe" <Greg.Monroe@DukeCE.com> schrieb am 01.11.2005 16:12:40:
> Just curious... wouldn't you want to use a BLOB type for stuff like
> this? Since it's variable and BINARY is fixed? Either way, both should
> work.
What do you mean with "Binary is fixed ?" I am no postgresql expert, but as
far as I know, bytea can store variable length data. And _IF_ blob is
mapped at all for postgresql, I would bet my head it is mapped to bytea as
well.
Maybe there are other databases where the Torque Type "BINARY" is mapped to
a data type which requires size specification, but Postgresql is not one of
them.
>
> One issue with both types is that you have to read the file into memory
> to store it since both type are set via a Java byte[] objects. It might
> be nice for blobs/clobs to support the java.sql.Blob/Clob interfaces in
> some way. Not sure how to work this Torque's current Village
> underpinning though, but I haven't dug into it at all.
Not so sure about that. From the point of view of a db abstraction layer,
in the ideal calse, all you want to do is save data into the db and read it
again, you do not want to use the internal logic needed to do that. So what
would be gained from havin the clob/blob handles available ? As I
understand it, the value about having handles would be to decide yourself
whether you read the data or not (this can bring performance gains as
blob/clob data is typically large). But this can also be achieved in
another way: Put the blob/clob data in another table which has a 1:1
relation to the original one, and read the extra table only if its needed.
>
> FWIW, I've always found that putting pictures into a DB is generally
> causes more performance problems than any benefits gained. Much easier
> just to upload the file with a unique name to a resources directory and
> then store the URL/reference info in the DB. But that's just a personal
> view.
>
Depends on whether you run your application in a cluster or not. On a
single server, the file system is fine. On a clustered system, syncing the
file systems is problematic in my experience.
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Thomas Fischer [mailto:tfischer@apache.org]
> >
> > Yes, its possible. Postgresql has the bytea data type for
> > storing binary
> > data. Use the Torque type BINARY for it.
> >
> > Thomas
> >
> > On Wed, 26 Oct 2005, Jakub Piechnik wrote:
> >
> > > Hello
> > >
> > > I wonder if it's possible to handle binary data with Torque. I mean
> > > that for
> > > example there is a picture file (gif) and I want to put it
> > in my database
> > > (Postgresql). Is it possible to do that using Torque and if
> > so - how should I
> > > try to use it
> > >
> > > Regards
> > > Jakub Piechnik
> > >
> > >
> > >
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